Picture books and porn: mini-boom in satirical titles inspired by Donald Trump

A wave of illustrated books, about what one of the authors described as ‘a golden, racist egg’ for lampooners, have been inspired by his campaignEarlier this summer, Californians Brad and Amy Herzog came up with an idea for what they’re calling “a picture book for adults about a man-child”: D Is for Dump Trump: An Anti-Hate Alphabet.“S is for a silver spoon, / right from the beginning. / You can’t start far ahead, / then claim that you’ve been winning,” Brad writes in one of his 26 poems (the book is illustrated by Amy). The letter M, he writes, “is for misogyny. / For years, Trump has shown / a disregard for women / in his talk, his tweets, his tone.” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Puffin signs Darwin picture book after it raised £49k on Kickstarter

Puffin is to publish a picture book edition of Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species, retold by qualified molecular biologist Sabina Radeva, after the book raised more than £49,000 through a Kickstarter campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russia blamed for hacking Amazon listing of anti-Trump book

Historian Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny, which offers lessons on resisting repressive rule, has sales blurb rewritten to repeat slogan seen on pro-Putin posters Publishers believe that Russian hackers are behind an attack on the Amazon page for a self-styled manual for resisting US president... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russia blamed for Amazon listing of anti-Trump book

Historian Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny, which offers lessons on resisting repressive rule, provokes fake book listing that repeats slogan seen on pro-Putin posters Publishers believe that Russian individuals are behind the creation of an fake book parodying a self-styled manual for resisting US... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kendrick Lamar targets Donald Trump on new song 'The Heart Part 4'

Today in Entertainment: New Kendrick Lamar song; Harry Potter ride gets an upgrade March 24, 2017, 12:05 p.m. With the arrival of spring, blockbuster movie season has gotten an early start with "Beauty and the Beast" and other films, music fans are making plans for recently announced summer... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adventurer Alastair Humphreys pens children's book for Big Picture Press

Author adventurer Alastair Humphreys, who recently became the pioneer of "microadventures" - a movement encouraging people to seek out short local adventures - has signed a two-book deal with Big Picture Press, an imprint of Templar. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paperback fighter: sales of physical books now outperform digital titles

It can be cheaper to buy the physical copy of a book than a digital download thanks to changes in Amazon’s deal with publishersAt the start of this decade publishers feared the death of the paperback. Britons abandoned bookshops at an alarming rate, seduced by e-readers and cheap digital... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's Books in China 2017: A Quick Survey of Bestselling Titles in China

A survey on what is selling in the market based on sales from bricks-and-mortar operations and online portals plus a look at a dozen major publishers’ revenues have revealed some of the bestselling titles in 2016 in China. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's Books in China 2017: A Gallery of Hot Titles from China

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling fan guesses latest Cormoran Strike book title

The author promised to send a signed copy to the fan when the book is published. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2017: For Publishers, Business Is Booming, but Brexit Means Uncertainty

For a second year in a row, publishers arrived at the London Book Fair with the wind at their backs. Will Brexit change that? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beijing ‘to slash foreign picture book numbers’

The Chinese state is to “drastically" cut the number of foreign picture books for children which can be published in mainland China this year, according to a report in the South China Morning Post. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Game Change’ Authors Writing Book About ‘Trump the Man’ and His Campaign

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[ The New York Times | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The case for Donald Trump's impeachment bought by William Collins

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Book Day 2017 in pictures

Children got the opportunity to meet their favourite authors this week, as World Book Day celebrated it's 20th anniversary on Thursday 2nd March.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Book Day: In pictures

As children bring literary characters to life across the country for World Book Day, we've collected some of the best pictures - from Miss Trunchbull to Little Red Riding Hood (via Trainspotting's Begbie and the A470). Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norwich's Book Hive 'astounded' by Susan Hill's 'anti-Trump bias' claim

The Book Hive in Norwich has said it is "astounded" by author Susan Hill's claim of anti-Trump bias. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Duffy and Riddell contribute to Saqi Books' 'Muslamic' satire

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Fletcher pens 'highly inventive' picture book for PRH

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WNBA Will Send Trump a Book a Day in March

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norstedts reveals Swedish title of book five in Larson's Millennium series

Swedish publishers Norstedts has revealed the title for the fifth instalment in the Millennium series created by Stieg Larsson as The Man Who Hunted/Chased His Shadow (Mannen Som Sökte Sin Sugga). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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